Posts Tagged: Harold Brackman
The Nexus Between Anti-Judaism and Antisemitism
In Civilization and Its Discontents (1930), Freud evoked the historic architecture of Rome in order to explain the structure of the human mind. What if...
Despite Trump’s Friendship, North Korea Is an Enemy of Free People Everywhere
Last week, the international community erupted in various degrees of outrage over President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights. Yet...
What Is Ilhan Omar Really Up To?
The bipartisan coalition in American politics in support of Israel since 1948 has been a blessing for the Jewish state -- and sometimes even a...
After New Zealand, We Must Unite American Minorities
The mass murder of innocent Muslim worshipers in the idyllic country of New Zealand by a white supremacist Islamophobe is a grave challenge to religious...
The Antisemitism of Ilhan Omar
Everyone should be skeptical of the Democrats’ new political theology against “all hate” -- but not specifically antisemitism. Their Congressional resolution fails to name, much less...
The History of Antisemitism in New York
America's long suspicion of New York City as a hotbed of irreligion, immoral culture, and the Jewish community there can obstruct the fact that Jews...
Remembering Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson was born 100 years ago. In 1947, when he broke baseball's color barrier, Jewish slugger Hank Greenberg was almost alone among active players...
Democrats Who Criticized Omar Are Not Heroes
Usually, Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank’s satires of the real-and-imagined sins of President Trump are fun to read. But Milbank shot a dud in criticizing...
Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib Should Be Sanctioned — History Demands It
If history teaches lessons, the Democratic Congressional leadership will regret it if they don't sanction Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib. Here are some of Congresswoman...
Jewish Unity: My Wish for ‘E Pluribus Junum’
In 1776, three American founding fathers were tasked with choosing a national symbol. John Adams chose Hercules. Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson preferred variations on...
Racializing Antisemitism
Long ago, Raphael Patai’s The Myth of the Jewish Race (1975) should have dispelled the pernicious notion that Jews are a biological “race.” We are...
The Truth About T’ruah and Rabbi Jill Jacobs
Rabbi Jill Jacobs, of the self-advertised “Jewish social justice lobby” T’ruah, has made her latest foray into the tangled politics of Israeli-Diaspora relations with an...
Remembering Amos Oz — the Dreamer
Amos Oz -- writer-poet, prophet, and would-be politician -- is dead. Israel and the Jewish world will probably never see his like again. As an American...
Who Hates Jews? A Historical Travelogue
“Who is a Jew? Who is an antisemite?” These two related questions are at the center of a vexing early 21st century debate that should...
